​James Edward Fleet (born 11 March 1952) is an English actor. He is most famous for his roles as the bumbling and well-meaning Tom in the 1994 British romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the dim-witted Hugo Horton in the BBC situation comedy television series The Vicar of Dibley.

KNOWN FOR

Midsomer Murders
2005
Death in Paradise
2013
Outlander
2014
Bridgerton
2020
The Bill
1992
Father Brown
2014
Lewis
2012
Grange Hill
1983
Screen Two
1992
Skins
2009
All Creatures Great & Small
2021
Unforgotten
2018

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
128
2025
My Mother's Wedding
as Geoff
2025
The Feud
as Derek Abshire
2025
I, Jack Wright
as Bobby Botham
2025
Karen Pirie
as Mick Prentice Snr
2025
Brian and Maggie
as Ronnie Millar
2024
Broken Bird
2024
A Very British Hotel at Christmas
as Narrator
2023
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
as Judge Fang
2023
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
as King George
2023
Tom Jones
as Squire Allworthy
2022
Operation Mincemeat
as Charles Fraser-Smith
2022
The Lost King
as John Ashdown-Hill
2022
Wolf Manor
as Oliver Lawrence
2022
Dodger Special: Train
as Judge Fang
2022
Dodger Special: Christmas
as Judge Fang
2021
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
as Self
2021
All Creatures Great & Small
as Colonel Merrick
2021
The Watch
as Archchancellor of Unseen University
2020
Blithe Spirit
as Harry Price
2020
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
as Hugo Horton
2020
Bridgerton
as King George III
2020
The Pale Horse
as Oscar Venables
2020
Belgravia
as Reverend Stephen Bellasis
2019
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
as Tom
2019
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
as Dr. Willy Dekoven
2019
Born a King
as George V
2019
Carry Ons at the Castle
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Thanks for the Memories
as Patrick Conway
2018
The Spy Who Dumped Me
as Tom
2018
Death on the Tyne
as Captain Jack Pearson
2018
Patrick Melrose
as Sir Victor Eisen
2018
Unforgotten
as Chris Lowe
2018
Midsomer Murders
as Michael Falconer
2017
Love of My Life
as Tom
2017
Revolution: New Art for a New World
as Wassily Kandinsky (voice)
2017
Urban Myths
as The Professor
2016
Billionaire Boy
as Mr Darrow
2016
Love & Friendship
as Sir Reginald DeCourcy
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Hugo Horton (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Indian Summers
as Lord Hawthorne
2016
Houdini & Doyle
as Dr. Pilsen
2016
The Hollow Crown
as Hastings
2015
Partners in Crime
as Carter
2014
Mr. Turner
as John Constable
2014
Bad Education
as Richard
2014
Plebs
2014
Father Brown
as Dr. Adam Crawford
2014
Outlander
as Reverend Wakefield
2014
Blandings
as Colonel Fanshawe
2013
Murder on the Home Front
as Professor Stephens
2013
Death in Paradise
as Jeremy Tipping
2013
Murder on the Home Front
as Professor Stephens
2013
It's Kevin
as Various
2013
Death Comes to Pemberley
as Mr Bennet
2013
Big Bad World
as Neil Turnbull
2012
Lewis
as Dr. Alex Falconer
2011
The Decoy Bride
as William
2011
Being Human
as George Senior
2009
Micro Men
as Kenneth Baker
2009
Skins
as Martin
2009
Hotel Babylon
2008
Little Dorrit
as Frederick Dorrit
2007
Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle
as Alan Jenkins
2007
School's Out
as Self
2007
Legit
2005
A Cock and Bull Story
as Simon
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Hugo Horton (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Midsomer Murders
as Ralph Plummer
2005
Sea of Souls
as Findlay Morrison
2004
The Phantom of the Opera
as Lefevre
2004
Monarch of the Glen
2004
Murder in Suburbia
as John Stanton
2003
Blackball
as Alan the Pipe
2003
Three Sisters
as Kulygin
2003
South from Granada
as Lytton Strachey
2003
Promoted to Glory
as Michael Prendergast
2002
Two Men Went To War
as Maj. Bates
2002
Fields of Gold
as Alan Buckley
2002
Young Arthur
as Merlin
2002
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
as Alderman Fitzwarren
2001
Charlotte Gray
as Richard Cannerly
2000
Kevin & Perry Go Large
as Dad
2000
Chambers
2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
1999
Milk
as Adrian
1999
Brotherly Love
1998
Frenchman's Creek
as Sir Harry
1997
Remember Me?
as Donald
1997
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Moreland
1997
Underworld
1997
Spark
as Ashley Parkerwell
1997
Harry Enfield and Chums
as Teacher Mr. Banks
1996
Eskimo Day
as Simon
1996
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
as James Bland
1996
Lord of Misrule
as Prime Minister
1996
Crossing the Floor
as Prime Minister
1996
Screen Two
as Prime Minister
1996
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
as James Bland
1995
3 Steps to Heaven
as Harry Roberts
1995
Sense and Sensibility
as John Dashwood
1995
The Grotesque
as Inspector Limp
1995
The Butterfly Effect
as Oswald
1994
Four Weddings and a Funeral
as Tom
1994
Milner
as Hugh Bonning
1994
Cracker
as Michael Trant
1994
The Vicar of Dibley
as Hugo Horton
1994
Murder Most Horrid
as Tom
1994
Headhunters
as Alan Spence
1993
Femme Fatale
as Algie
1993
Screen Two
as Algie
1993
An Exchange of Fire
as Michael Shanks
1993
A Year in Provence
as Hugo Compton
1992
Running Late
as James Grahame
1992
Blue Black Permanent
as Jim Thorburn
1992
Electric Moon
as Simon Lidell
1992
Common Pursuit
1992
The Advocates
1992
Screen Two
as Peter Wentworth
1992
The Bill
as Paul Morgan
1992
Screen One
as James Grahame
1991
They Never Slept
as Bob
1991
Screen Two
as Bob
1989
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Neil Fairfax (uncredited)
1989
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Neil Fairfax
1987
Still Crazy Like a Fox
as Bellhop
1986
Defence of the Realm
as Ministry Man
1983
Grange Hill
as Mr. Perkins
1979
The Omega Factor